February 2024

Photos are from the Fort Stockton Pioneer archives at the Pioneer’s office located at 210 N. Nelson Street.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: I need a crash course in oak wilt. What types of oaks are most likely to be affected? How can I know if my trees are in danger? What precautions can I take and who should I hire? When can I have them pruned? Those are excellent questions for anyone who loves oak trees.

It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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The Fort Stockton Independent School District’s Agricultural Sciences Ag Barn discussion will make its way to Fort Stockton City Hall Thursday night when FSISD Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Zamora will make a presentation to the Fort Stockton City Council on the proposed location of the new ag barn the district plans to build. The school board decided in January that it wanted to build the new facility on school property adjacent to Fort Stockton High School, but that would require variances from the city because of livestock located within city limits.

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The Fort Stockton Intergovernmental Recreation Board met in a special session Feb. 8 and upheld the suspension of a recreation league youth basketball coach after a Feb. 3 incident in which the coach, Colby Terrazas, pulled his team off the court and quit the game at the start of the fourth quarter. His team, the Division 2 Spurs, was behind 29-6 to a team from Imperial in a game held at the Fort Stockton Middle School White gym, and Terrazas believed the referees were not calling the game fairly.

A 32-year-old Waco man was killed Feb. 6 when he was struck by a semi after fleeing from Pecos County Deputies. Mark Anthony Lopez Jr., 32, of Waco, was driving a 2011 Jeep Liberty and was pulled over by a Pecos County Sheriff’s Deputy on Interstate 10 near Sheffield for a routine traffic violation.